Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-02-24
ORATORT.

The following is speech of Mr. Toler,
a republican or greenbacker in the Legisla-
ture, aud the presses alluded to as having
"gone over are the Wheeling hteiligencer
aud the State TriJune-both Republican. 1t
is a y.r5atim ct il-literatim, ct puncture at
'em report:
"While in this battle some Of the presses
have gone over. what kin the press do with
this int assembly? These little presses kin
sell out but they air gone forever. Farewell
They have crossed the merejun aud are
drownded in the political avalanche They
have gone out into some circus and turned
summerset. But the Labor Advocate and
West Virginia Democrat will be called good
and great when the press that sold out IN
the great war of lS77-or 1887 | mean
may get of little once in while, but III
get back again. I'll git thar all the same.
Let's us elect Judge Maxwell, and | hope
when he gifts thar he'll stay thar and tend
to the business he gifts $4,000 for tendin to-
If he don't we'll never send him back agin
and the people will hail the glad millennium
more when they elected man United States
Snator whose intrusts are our intrusts and
We have no doubt the gentleman took his
seat with feeling Of Toerable satisfaction.
In nominating Gov. Wilson for United
States Senator, Hon. Daniel B. Lucas made
speech Of which the following is the elo
queut peroraton:
"The march of Truth though slow, is
sure and stately. Her pioneers, as they as
ceud the heights, may be stricken down, or
/ fall bv the waysde But 10 in her own
appointed season. immortal Truth herself
cometh up over the mountain tops, her
! head encircled by an aureole of glory, and
/ her feet rcsplendent with the radiance of
perpetual dawn The music Of the spheres
accompanies her; the morning stars are
! her heralds, and they cry aloud Make
way there, for truth for 10 she cometh !
Make way there, ye enemies of Truth"
And thereupon the mists arise, the clouds
disperse, and the bright eiiulgence Of an
! Eternal Purpose maketh the path more
plain, and another Landmark is erected in
/ the march of human progress"
Virtue hath its reward, but it appears
rare bits of eloquence have not always i'm
portant or even relative sequence. Gov.
Wilson received one vote-the vote Mr..
Lucas gave him.
In the Tennessee House of Delegates,
Monday, Mr.. Davis, a representative from
Shelby county, made spread eagle"
speech against the submission to the people
of a constitutional amendment prohibiting
the sale of liquor in that's In his
opening Mr.. Davis said:
'Mr. Speaker, this resolution bursts like
the waves of the raging sea against the ev-
erlasting SUBMITS of the liquor dealers of
the State of Tennessee | am not reform
ed drunkard I never drank a drop of beer
in my life | have yet to drink my first
cup of coffee. The only liquor | ever drink
is that which God brews in the green glades
and grassy dells, where the deer wander and
the children love to play-that beverage Of
! life. health giving water" Concluding
Mr.. Davis said 81 beg of you, gentlemen,
to vote no on this resolution, and like an
evening primrose that whispers with per
fumed breath you will thank God He aided
you in voting iE the best interests of the
people of Tennessee"
But Mr.. Davis eloQuence was, like
Mr. Lucas, wasted, for the House
Immediately, by vote of 81 to +, voted in
favor of submitting the amendment to the
people for ratification or rejection.